Llwyndyrys and Penllech butterflies and moths

At last some summer weather to boost the butterfly and moth sightings! Our time is mostly spent between a coastal location (Penllech, Llangwnnadl) and woodland (Llwyndyrys, near Llithfaen) when we are in Llyn. In the week so far we have seen the following butterflies at the Llwyndyrys woods:

• Small skipper


• Red Admiral


• Green-veined white


• Large white


• Comma


• Speckled wood


• Meadow brown


• Ringlet

At Penllech, on the coast, the focus has mostly been on the moths, with a 15W actinic Skinner trap run on several evenings near the cliff-top. Not having a systematic list here I apologise for using only the English names of the moths found so far:

• Six-spot Burnet (day-time on cliffs)


• Drinker


• Chinese character


• Buff arches


• Grass emerald


• Single-dotted wave


• Riband wave


• Flame carpet


• Red twin-spot carpet


• Shaded broad-bar


• Common carpet


• Purple bar


• Barred straw


• July highflyer


• Sharp-angled carpet


• Sandy carpet


• Clouded border


• Brimstone moth


• Early thorn


• Scalloped oak


• Yellow-tail


• Dingy footman


• Common footman


• Garden tiger


• Ruby tiger


• Heart and dart


• Crescent dart


• Dark sword-grass


• Flame shoulder


• Large yellow underwing


• Lesser broad-bordered yellow underwing


• True lover's knot


• Ingrailed clay


• Bright-line brown-eye


• Broad-barred white


• Lychnis


• Brown-line bright-eye


• Clay


• Smoky wainscot


• Shark


• Dark arches


• Light arches


• Common rustic agg


• Uncertain
• Rustic
• Mottled rustic


• Pale mottled willow


• Gold spot


• Dark spectacle


• Fan-foot

Hopefully the weather will keep up for the next few days too!

PS The pictures show, in order, the Small skipper, Drinker, Gold spot and Six-spot burnet